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She said: “I saw them in my wing mirror at first. The one with the gun didn’t even have his face covered, he was wearing a beanie hat. I had the keys in the ignition because I needed to wind the window up and down and they must have spotted the lights.

“He told me to be quiet and start the engine. Then he dragged me out with the gun in my back and ran over to jump in as the other man reversed out the drive.”

The victim has been left extremely shaken by the robbery and wants other women to be vigilant when parked alone in their cars.

General view of Lloyd Road

She said: “I wouldn’t know what kind of gun it was but it felt real and it looked like a revolver.

“I can’t sleep at night and I’m jumping at everything.

“I keep thinking if I’m not safe on my front drive, where am I safe? The police have recovered the car and are doing forensics on it but I don’t know if I even want it back.”

The carjackers were described as young and black and were followed by a dark-coloured Mercedes A class as they made off.

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West Midlands Police is appealing for anyone with information to come forward. A spokeswoman said: “Police were alerted to a car robbery just before 11.30pm on Sunday 26 March in Lloyd Road, Handsworth Wood.

“A woman was sat in her white BMW 1 series car on her drive when she was approached by two men who opened her car doors and forced her out.

“She was threatened with a gun and told to lie face down on the pavement as one of the men reversed her car.

“It is believed a grey Mercedes A class car was also involved in the robbery and was seen to have sped off with the BMW.

“The BMW has since been recovered and investigations are on-going.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting 20BW/62805D/17.